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Javier Pinedo

Professor Lawson

English 113B

Argument proposal

12 May 2017

Word count:700

1. Your research question. Remember, it needs to be narrow and specific. See the notes below.

-How our gender stereotypes about sexual behavior reinforced in popular TV shows?

-How TV influence people's views on gender?

-My first topic was on racial double standard in media because that topic was just running

through my mind when the teacher was explaining the prompt in class and I thought of

Chappelles show. This was my favorite show when I was growing up, but it was cancelled

because it was racist but funny. This related to my first topic, but then I went to the professor

office hours to discuss even more about my topic to narrow it down. I did more research on

double standard and I noticed that there so many topics that relate to double standard. The one

that I found interesting was on sexual/gender double standards on media (tv shows). I found this

interesting because I can relate to this as well not as the other topics related to double standard.

2. Summarize one important claim you have discovered in the ongoing conversation on this

topic (with source/s).

- The gender role in our society sees men as more dominant than women. The mens role in

society is that they have to be the leader in their household making the decisions. They have to
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be financially stable and provide anything their family wants while the women are working full

time in their homes taking care of their family. The media supplement the gender roles in society

in television, making this more noticeable. The article Not so Modern Family: Top sitcoms

make for sexist, inaccurate television by Michelle Haimoff stated that male characters are

professionally accomplished, while female characters are unemployed or struggling She talks

about how women in tv shows are mostly not employed, but if they do have a job they barely

have enough to pay their bills showing a sign of struggle. Male characters have a good paying

job and seen as perfect in tv shows.

3. Summarize an opposing claim you have discovered in the ongoing conversation on this

topic (with source/s).

- Some of the women can benefit from their gender role depending what social class they are in. In

society, they are seen as nurturing women. They dont have the pressure as men do in this

society. Men have to worry about getting bills paid while providing their family like anything

they need, protecting them from danger, making big decision etc A blog post Three cheers for

women who say they dont want to work. At least theyre honest. by Penelope Trunk states

Jennifer Lawrence said she is getting ready to stop doing movies so she can have kids. She said

shes much more interested in having a family than a career Most women prefer living the rest

of their life taking care of their family, but keep in mind that these women are in the upper class

and already accomplishing great things in their life.

4. What you think is questionable or problematic about some of these claims?

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- Well the opposing claim is mostly upper class women, but where the majority of the women that

aren't in the upper class like discussed in the blog. If you think about it, it's the same thing for

every woman no matter what social class you are in. The only difference on this is that the upper

class women have more stuff that supports for their family than the lower class, which puts more

pressure for the males to provide for their family.

5. Discuss your claim is in regards to this topic. What do you want to make your audience

aware of and/or convince them of? (this can also be thought of as your tentative thesis)

- I want my audience to know how media plays a big role in the gender roles of society. The media

makes it more obvious and offends the majority of women and men as well. This a problem that

needs to be stopped and reinforced a different way that challenges the roles in TV shows instead

of accepting the way the TV shows are doing it now. Media makes the gender roles seen in a

negative way for women and somewhat men.

6. What might other people doubt about your claim and how you might respond to them?

- I feel like women and men would agree with my claim because it's obviously shown on TV

shows and there has to be stopped or changed in this situation.

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Works Cited

Haimoff, Michelle. "Not So Modern Family: Top Sitcoms Make for Sexist, Inaccurate

Television." The Christian Science Monitor, (2012): 14.

Trunk, Penelope. "Three Cheers for Women Who Say They Dont Want to Work. At Least

Theyre Honest." Penelope Trunk Careers. Penelope Trunk, 9 Jan. 2014. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.